Guide to U.S. Open sectional qualifiers

More than 800 players compete in 11 sectionals on Monday for a spot in U.S. Open

Jacksonville native David Duval watches the flight of a tee shot at Bethpage State Park in the 2009 U.S. Open. Duval, who tied for second that week, is attempting to qualify for the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion in a sectional tournament in Memphis, Tenn.

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U.S. Open sectional qualifiers will tee off on Monday at 11 locations from Bradenton to Newport Beach, Calif. Depending on the size and quality of the fields in the 36-hole qualifiers, anywhere from two to 15 spots will be available to advance to the U.S. Open June 13-16 at the Merion Golf Club.

There will be a total of 56 Open berths available, from 835 players scheduled to start -- 25 with First Coast or South Georgia ties. Last week there were 61 spots but that has been downsized due to five players qualfiying through other avenues.

Ninety-five players are already qualified for Merion.

Here are notes and a rundown on what Golf Channel has billed "Golf's Longest Day." Live reports will begin at 7 a.m. and continue to 11 p.m.The Times-Union will have frequent blogs and Tweets on the progress of the sectionals.

Senior moments

Perhaps motivated by the fact that Merion will be the first major championship venue since 2004 to measure less than 7,000 yards, 12 members of the Champions Tour are attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open on Monday.

Two U.S. Open sectionals have already been played, last week in Japan and England. Hideki Matsuyama led five qualifiers in Japan by shooting 67-65--132 and Simon Khan was the medalist in England at 67-70--137. Also qualifying from the England sectional are Paul Casey, Marcus Frasier, David Howell and Jose Maria Olazabal. Failing to reach the Open were Colin Montgomerie, Peter Uihlein and Alvaro Quiros.

Amateur alert

There are 235 amateurs in the sectional fields. The most in terms of numbers is the Newport Beach, Calif., qualifier, with 41. The highest percentage of amateurs in a sectional field is .550 (28-of-51) is the Ball Ground, Ga., sectional. The lowest percentage is .116 (13-of-112) in the Memphis sectional.

Major attempts

David Duval and Davis Love III are among the major champions who have to play their way into the U.S. Open on Monday. Four of them are Champions Tour members, Singh, Kite, Jones and O'Meara. The others are two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen, Trevor Immelman, Ben Curtis, Mike Weir, Todd Hamilton, Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel.

The skinny: Borchert and Phelan both played for the University of North Florida. Smith played at Nease High School with Phelan and the two helped the Panthers win a state title. ... Kittleson turned pro last year after playing at Florida State and Kopeka is currently on the Seminoles golf team. ... Echavarria played at Florida. His two younger brothers are also playing college golf, Miguel at Michigan and Nicolas at Arkansas. ... The course is one of three first-time sectional venues.

The skinny: The Web.com Tour's Mid-Atlantic Championship concludes the day before the tournament. ... Woodmont has been a sectional venue for 26 of the last 27 years, missing only in 2008. ... Two amateurs in the field are brothers Stephen and Sean Bosdosh, who play at Maryland. Their father, a teaching pro, also tried to qualify but didn't make it out of a local tournament.

Columbus, Ohio, Brookside Golf and Country Club, The Lakes Golf and Country Club (15 spots)

The skinny: Dale, who finished his college career as one of the most decorated golfers in University of North Florida history, is grouped with Singh in his first tournament as a professional. ... The sectional is loaded with PGA Tour players who competed in the Memorial Tournament at nearby Muirfield Village. ... There are two past U.S. Amateur champions in the field, Ricky Barnes and Scott Verplank; and two past U.S. Public Links champions, Trevor Immelman and Chez Reavie.

The skinny: Four players in the field have won golf tournaments at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course: Duval and Ames (The Players Championship); and Hoffman and Wyatt (the Junior Players Championship). ... Berger plays at Florida State. ... Mediate is trying to return to the U.S. Open five years after taking Tiger Woods to 91 holes before losing at Torrey Pines. That was the last major Woods won.

Ball Ground, Ga., Hawks Ridge Golf Club (three spots)

Headliners: Billy Andrade, T.J. Vogel, Heath Slocum.

Area players: Scott Wolfes, Hudson Swafford, Tyler Brown.

The skinny: Vogel, who turns professional this week, played at Florida and won the U.S. Public Links last year. ... Also in the field is Travis Huston, the son of Champions Tour member and PGA Tour winner John Huston.

St. Louis, Old Warson Country Club (two spots)

Headliners: Mark O'Meara, Jay Haas, Jay Don Blake.

Area players: None.

The skinny: The only past PGA Tour winners in the field are O'Meara and Haas, both on the Champions Tour.

Purchase, N.Y., Century Country Club and Old Oaks Country Club (three spots)

The skinny: Two sons of World Golf Hall of Fame fathers are in the field, Steve Irwin (Hale) and Andy Miller (Johnny). ... Houma shot a 61 for California in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Cle Elum, Wash., Tumble Creek Golf Club (two spots)

Headliner: Casey Martin.

Area players: None.

The skinny: Martin, the Oregon golf coach and winner of a landmark case against the PGA Tour for the right to use a cart under the Americans With Disabilities Act, is trying to qualify for the U.S. Open for the second year in a row.